"FLAMINGOS is thoroughly remarkable in the way it packs dense, engaging
layers of
honest emotional and spiritual musings in an extremely constricting
framework.
Yet, through a well designed cinematography, Alli never lets the
film feel confined or limited." -- Mike Everleth, Underground Film Journal

FLAMINGOS(2012; 90 min. USA) Twin sisters Beatrice and Zoe are in love with Ray, a hypnotist-bank robber obsessed by apocalyptic visions. Though Beatrice and Ray are married, Ray absconds with free spirit Zoe after a bank heist to the Flamingo motel to plot their future together. Meanwhile, Beatrice files for divorce as two entities from a dream-like Bardo realm observe and influence them from afar in this heady cocktail chaser of amour fou, crime, and metaphysical mayhem.

Joe Estlack and Madeline H.D. Brown as star-crossed loversplotting escape from the end of the world as they know it.

"Special praise is in order for Madeline H.D. Brown’s remarkable double
performance as the chilly Beatrice and earthy Zoe, Joe Estlack’s work
as
the extremely off-kilter bank robber, and Alaska Yamada’s uncommon
energy as a Bardo denizen whose eerie presence is both disturbing
and liberating."4 stars. - Phil Hall (filmthreat.com)

When asked what my film 'FLAMINGOS' is about I say it's all about love --
how we rush towards it, flee far away from it and how sometimes, when we
stop rushing and fleeing, we find it within ourselves. And for those who
cannot
stop rushing or fleeing, love swoons and crashes through
torrents
of terrible longing. - Antero Alli, director